✦ LIBER ✦
Cancer of the uterine cervix may be significantly associated with a gene polymorphism coding for increased IL-10 production
✍ Scribed by Grazyna A. Stanczuk; Elopy N. Sibanda; Chris Perrey; Mike Chirara; Vera Pravica; Ian V. Hutchinson; Sam A. Tswana
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 55 KB
- Volume
- 94
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0020-7136
- DOI
- 10.1002/ijc.1543
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✦ Synopsis
The purpose of our prospective, case-controlled study was to investigate the hypothesis that women who are genetically programmed to produce high or medium levels of IL-10 were more likely to develop cancer of the uterine cervix than individuals genetically predisposed to low IL-10 production. The population was recruited from patients attending gynecological clinics at 2 hospitals in Harare, Zimbabwe. Laboratory tests were performed in the Departments of Immunology, Chemical Pathology and